Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 13:23

"Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice." — Proverbs 13:23 (ASV)

The contrast is the ever recurring one between honest poverty and dishonest wealth. “The new-plowed field of the poor is much food, but there are those, who, though rich, perish through their disregard of right.”